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i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with one of the states that in just 41 days could decide the presidential election, ohio, is so important both to president obama and mitt romney campaigning there this afternoon. and there's more of a backdrop than just the early autumn trees. a brand new quinnipiac/cbs "new york times" poll has the president a full ten points ahead of romney in ohio. 53% to 43%. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent dan lothian. >> reporter: joe, even though a new poll shows the president with a double digit lead in ohio, mr. obama continues to push hard in the state. it's a huge priority for the campaign according to a top aide. by our count the president has visited ohio at least 13 times so far this year. this time ahead of early voting, which by the way begins next tuesday. now, today the president was again selling his policies and his record in a state he says has benefitted from the auto bailout. he talked about the thousands of jobs creat
i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with one of the states that in just 41 days could decide the presidential election, ohio, is so important both to president obama and mitt romney campaigning there this afternoon. and there's more of a backdrop than just the early autumn trees. a brand new quinnipiac/cbs "new york times" poll has the president a full ten points ahead of romney in ohio. 53% to 43%. let's begin with cnn white house...
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john will be joining us later in "the situation room" as well. thanks, john, very much. >>> today we learned the president plans a friday phone conversation with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. earlier today the prime minister literally, literally showed the world where to draw a red line to stop the iranians from enriching enough uranium to make nuclear weapons. >> if these are the facts, if these are the facts, and they are, where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before, before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. >> truly historic and extraordinary moment at the u.n. general assembly. let's discuss the political fallout with our senior political analyst ron bro brownstein. when he shows up and draws a red line and suggests by next summer as he said earlier, six or seven months it will be too late. this is the time. it's got to be done. that puts enormous pressure i assume on the president. >> this has been extraordinary watching this over the past few w
john will be joining us later in "the situation room" as well. thanks, john, very much. >>> today we learned the president plans a friday phone conversation with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. earlier today the prime minister literally, literally showed the world where to draw a red line to stop the iranians from enriching enough uranium to make nuclear weapons. >> if these are the facts, if these are the facts, and they are, where should a red line be...
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i'm joe johns. and you're in "the situation room." >>> there were empty seats and walkouts at the united nations today ahead of what was expected to be a fiery offensive final speech from the provocative iranian president ahmadinejad. but while some of the usual rhetoric was there, this year's speech had a very different tone. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york with the latest. jill. >> reporter: well, joe, it's not what some people expected. it was short on threats, but on bl somadinejad delivered his sn to the u.n. general assembly. >> translator: the curorldre w order is discriminatoran based on injustice. >> reporter: he did manage to work inome o his standard refences to israel. >> translator: continued threats by the uncivilized to resorto military action against our great nation is a clrame of this bitter r: but there were of his usual bombshells. >> transtor: i do not believe that mlims chrxtian, jews, hius, budists and others have ablems amo themselves or are ho
i'm joe johns. and you're in "the situation room." >>> there were empty seats and walkouts at the united nations today ahead of what was expected to be a fiery offensive final speech from the provocative iranian president ahmadinejad. but while some of the usual rhetoric was there, this year's speech had a very different tone. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york with the latest. jill. >> reporter: well, joe, it's not what some people...
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cnn's john berman is following the race to lower expectations. john? >> reporter: you know, wolf, we always complain about all the negative attacks in campaigns. but it turns out there's nothing more devious, nothing more cynical than when these guys are actually nice to each other. you know, if you want something to hate about politics, it's this. kindness. the obama campaign has spent months and millions trying to convince voters that mitt romney is unethical -- >> he won't release his tax returns before 2010. >> reporter: unprepared -- >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. >> reporter: unattached to reality. >> my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> reporter: with all those alleged problems, surely he has no chance of prevailing against president obama in the debates. right? well, not according to the obama campaign. >> mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he's been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. >> reporter: the romney team says president obama is weak on foreign
cnn's john berman is following the race to lower expectations. john? >> reporter: you know, wolf, we always complain about all the negative attacks in campaigns. but it turns out there's nothing more devious, nothing more cynical than when these guys are actually nice to each other. you know, if you want something to hate about politics, it's this. kindness. the obama campaign has spent months and millions trying to convince voters that mitt romney is unethical -- >> he won't...